I shoot a Mauser 98 .308. No recoil pad, steel butt plate to bash in heads as last resort. Yeah, it hurts.
The only way its even close to enjoyable is a big ass leather sissy pad on my shoulder. Three shots is about it before I really get freaked out about the recoil and flinch my shots into the next county.
All joking aside, its my only big game rifle right now, and I really like the Mauser action. Been tossing around the idea of switching stocks on it, synthetic, or maybe a new modern wood and fit it properly to me.
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Long gone are the times when things were made of wood, and men made of steel.
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